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Adrià Mitjavila Ventura

Bioinformatician at Istituto Europeo di Oncologia.

Former biotechnologist who is living between computers and pursuing a PhD in Computational Biology. My interests are mostly related to Molecular Genetics, Signal Transduction and Epigenetics.

I am said to be a motivated, ambitious man. Furthermore, I can work individually as well as in a team and I believe myself capable of leading a little group of professional people.

On the other hand, I have been an elite rower, combining my academic career with high-level training and competitions and achieving excellent results at both, Spanish and international level.

Education

PhD in Computational Biology

Scuola Europea di Medicina Molecolare

Milan, Italy

2019
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Present

  • Supervisor: Dr. Diego Pasini.

MSc in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Online

2018
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Present

MSc in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology

Universidad de Sevilla

Seville, Spain

2017
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2018

  • Specialization on Molecular Biology R&D
  • Master’s thesis: Influence of Xrn1 in nucleosome positioning across Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome and its effects in transcription.

BSc in Biotechnology

Universitat de Girona

Girona, Spain

2012
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2017

  • Specialization in Cellular & Molecular Biotechnology.
  • Bachelor’s thesis: Butyrate-induced changes in the diversity of intestinal mucosa-associated microbiota in colorectal cancer patients submitted to a lateral ileostomy.

Experience

PhD student in Computational Biology

Istituto Europeo di Oncologia

Milan, Italy

10/2019
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Present

Pasini’s lab
Analisis of omics data analysis (RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq) | Development of an ATACseq pipeline for Snakemake.

  • Scuola Europea di Medicina Molecolare & Università degli studi di Milano
  • SEMM PhD fellowship

Bioinformatician

Istituto Europeo di Oncologia

Milan, Italy

07/2019
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10/2019

Pasini’s lab
Analisis of omics data analysis (RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq) | Comparison of different ATAC-seq peak callers. | Development of an ATACseq pipeline for Snakemake.

Research Assistant

Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla

Seville, Spain

07/2018
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10/2018

Gene expression lab
Analisis of MNase-seq data from Ccr4-mutant yeast.

Master’s thesis student

Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla

Seville, Spain

09/2017
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07/2018

Gene expression lab.
Analisis of MNase-seq data from Xrn1-mutant yeast | Performing MNase-qPCR experiments, including MNase DNA digestion, primer desing, qPCRs and analysis.

  • Supervisors: Dr. Sebastián Chávez de Diego and Dr. Gabriel Gutierrez Pozo.
  • MSc degree in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology.

Research internship student

Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona

Girona, Spain

07/2017
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09/2017

Unit of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Identification of new factors (genetic and bacterial) related to adipose tissue physiology and obesity.

Bachelor’s thesis student

Microbial. Sistemes i aplicacions analítiques, S.L.

Girona, Spain

01/2017
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06/2017

DNA extraction of intestinal mucosa biopsies | qPCR experiments to detect clusters and families of bacteria | NGS data analysis to quantify bacterial genders in intestinal biopsies.

  • Supervisor: Prof. Jesús García-Gil.
  • BSc degree in Biotecnology.

Internship student

Microbial. Sistemes i aplicacions analítiques, S.L.

Girona, Spain

09/2016
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06/2017

Microbiological and molecular analyses of food and water samples to search for pathogens and perform food forensics.

Publications

Xrn1 influence on gene transcription results from the combination of general effects on elongating RNA pol II and gene-specific chromatin configuration

Begley V et al. RNA Biology. DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2020.1845504.

N/A

2020

Organizations

SCB

Catalan Society of Biology

N/A

2018
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Present

The Catalan Society of Biology (SCB) it is a branch of the Institute of Catalan Studies (IEC) that searches to bring professionals and students of the life sciences together in order to allow the exchange of ideas and the difussion of the research to the society.

ASBTEC

Catalan Biotechnologists Association (ASBTEC)

N/A

2017
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Present

The Catalan Biotechnologists Associacition (ASBTEC) is a non-profit association that works to promote Biotechnology within society and wants to be the link between the academia and the industry. To do so, it is organizing several workshops and symposioums with topics that range from divulgation to academic research or entrepreneurship.

  • Board member (2019 - Present) | Supervisor of the communication team and responsible of social networks.
  • Active member (2018 - Present) | Responsible of Instagram and Facebook social networks.

Honors & Awards

SEMM PhD Fellowship

Scuola Europea di Medicina Molecolare - European School of Molecular Medicine

Milan, Italy

10/2019
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Present

Fellowship to pursue their PhD program in Systems Medicine (curriculum of Computational Biology)

Elite Rower

Federación Española de Remo - Spanish Rowing Federation

N/A

2015
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2021

I have been granted the category of high-level athlete in Spain, first in 2015 for finishing at 6th place at the World Rowing Under-23 Championship and once more in 2016 for becoming World Rowing Under-23 Champion. See my sports curriculum here and my WorldRowing athlete page here.

World Rowing U23 Champion

FISA - WorldRowing

Rotterdam, Netherlands.

2016

1st place at the World Rowing Under-23 Championship in the category of lightweigt double scull (BLM2x)